![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Doubles has great entertainment value, but it hasn’t been given a chance.” “People pay attention to singles just because this is how it’s been done. “That’s not acceptable to me,” Mattek-Sands said. ![]() But they are the exception.īetthanie Mattek-Sands, winner of five women’s doubles Grand Slam titles, points out that while WTA Finals competitors in Shenzhen, China, last week played for a record $1 million prize, the singles prize money has gone up proportionally - and that the marketing and coverage continue to skew toward singles. Yet, for a half-century, singles has received outsize attention from the tours, networks and sponsors, said Ross Hutchins, the chief player officer for the ATP, who won five ATP doubles titles during his playing career.Ĭasual tennis fans have most likely heard of Mike and Bob Bryan, the 41-year-old twins who have won 16 Grand Slams together and four of these year-end championships. Recreationally, more people play doubles. While the men’s and women’s doubles tours are experiencing something of a boom - in quality of play, in availability of coverage, and in prize money - they remain largely lost in the shadows of the singles game. But for the Colombian doubles team, which leads the field at the Nitto ATP Finals in London starting on Sunday, stardom is relative. Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah became stars this season when they won Wimbledon and the United States Open. ![]()
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